New Trucking Companies: FMCSA New Authority & USDOT Leads

Get a fresh list of trucking companies that just got licensed, straight from official FMCSA data, with the contact details, fleet size and cargo info you need to reach them first.

Every week, more than a thousand carriers and brokers get new operating authority (an MC number), and a few thousand companies register a new USDOT number. They all need insurance, factoring, ELDs, fuel cards, dispatch, load boards, trucks, trailers and compliance help, and they're shopping right now.

Two modes

Mode	What you get	Typical volume
Newly granted operating authority (MC) (default)	For-hire carriers, brokers and freight forwarders whose FMCSA authority was granted in your date range	~150–300 per business day
New USDOT registrations	Every company that registered a new USDOT number in your date range, including private and intrastate fleets without MC authority	~350–600 per business day

What you get for each carrier

Field	Example
Legal name, DBA	QX LOGISTIX LLC
USDOT and MC/docket number	3279824 / MC1036799
Authority types and status	Motor Carrier of Property: Active; Broker of Property: Active
Authority granted date, USDOT added date	2026-10-15 / 2019-04-29
isNewCompany	true when the USDOT number is under a year old at grant time
Phone, email, company officers	310-526-3711, chris@..., Christopher Carey
Business address	5685 Alcoa Ave, Vernon, CA 90058
Fleet	46 power units, 66 drivers
Cargo types, hazmat, operation	General Freight, Building Materials, Intermodal; Interstate
Insurance	BIPD on file $1,000,000; cargo insurance / bond required
Link	FMCSA SAFER company snapshot

Filters

• Date range: days back (default 7) or start and end dates, up to 92 days per run
• States: e.g. TX, CA, FL
• Authority type: motor carrier of property, broker, household goods, passenger, freight forwarder
• Fleet size: minimum and maximum power units (set max = 1 for owner-operators)
• Cargo types: e.g. Refrigerated Food, Building Materials, Motor Vehicles
• Only brand-new companies: drop established carriers that just added another authority
• Only active, require phone, require email
• Monitor mode: only carriers you haven't received before. Schedule it daily for a no-repeat lead feed.

Use cases

• Trucking insurance agents: new authorities must have insurance on file to operate. Reach them before the policy is bound.
• Freight factoring and fuel cards: new carriers need cash flow from the first load.
• ELD, dispatch, TMS and load-board software: onboard carriers on day one.
• Truck and trailer dealers, leasing and financing.
• Compliance services: drug and alcohol consortiums, BOC-3, IFTA, UCR, MCS-150 updates.
• Freight brokers: recruit new capacity in your lanes.

Input example

{
  "mode": "newAuthority",
  "daysBack": 7,
  "states": ["TX", "OK", "LA"],
  "authorityTypes": ["property"],
  "maxPowerUnits": 5,
  "onlyUsdotAddedWithinDays": 365,
  "requirePhone": true
}

Output example (trimmed)

{
  "legalName": "QX LOGISTIX LLC",
  "usdotNumber": "3279824",
  "docketNumber": "MC1036799",
  "authorityTypes": ["Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods)"],
  "authorityGrantedDate": "2026-10-15",
  "phone": "3105263711",
  "city": "VERNON",
  "state": "CA",
  "powerUnits": 46,
  "tractors": 46,
  "totalDrivers": 66,
  "cargoTypes": ["General Freight", "Building Materials", "Intermodal Containers"],
  "bipdInsuranceOnFileUsd": 1000000,
  "usdotAddedDate": "2019-04-29",
  "isNewCompany": false,
  "saferSnapshotUrl": "https://safer.fmcsa.dot.gov/query.asp?searchtype=ANY&query_type=queryCarrierSnapshot&query_param=USDOT&query_string=3279824"
}

Each run also saves a RUN_STATS record: records in range, how many each filter dropped, and how many carriers were returned.

Data source

Official U.S. Department of Transportation open data published on data.transportation.gov: FMCSA's Motus authority history and carrier files, plus the FMCSA Company Census File. No login, no scraping of the SAFER website, no third-party databases. Authority data updates daily. Census details (fleet, cargo, email) come from the carrier's own MCS-150 filing.

Pricing

You pay per carrier returned. Records removed by your filters are never charged. See the Pricing tab for the current rate.

Notes and limits

• Fleet size, cargo, email and officer names are self-reported on the MCS-150 and can be blank or out of date.
• Some "granted" records belong to established companies adding a new authority type. Use isNewCompany or the "only brand-new companies" filter if you want first-time carriers only.
• In New USDOT mode, many companies haven't applied for MC authority yet, so the docket and authority fields may be empty or "Pending".
• Contact compliance: this data is public, but your outreach must follow the laws that apply to you (for example CAN-SPAM for email and TCPA rules for calls and texts).

FAQ

How fresh is it? FMCSA publishes authority changes daily, and today's grants usually appear the same day or the next.

Can I get only owner-operators? Yes. Set Maximum power units to 1.

Do you include brokers? Yes. Set Authority types to Broker, or leave it empty for everything.